Alex DeBrincat

The 41-goal scorer is headed to Ottawa in exchange for three draft picks. We grade both GMs on the swap.

That's the only way this trade seems to make the most sense for Chicago. DeBrincat is a player barely in his mid-20s who has been one of the NHL's most impressively consistent scoring wingers. However, the return for Chicago was also lower than perhaps expected because DeBrincat has just one year remaining on his contract before becoming an unrestricted free agent. Ultimately, the Senators want to avoid a rebuild, so flipping their first-round pick isn't a huge deal. The Senators were 23rd overall in goals scored last season (averaging 2.73 per game) and have lacked for the type of consistent top-line threat DeBrincat can be. Now the Senators can slot DeBrincat in with Tim Stutzle, and DeBrincat can help drive play at either end of the rink and be a bonafide playmaker all over the ice. DeBrincat, 24, is a dynamic scorer who has already surpassed the 40-goal mark twice in his first five NHL seasons.

In addition to the No. 7 overall pick, Chicago also received the No. 39 pick and the Senators' 2024 third-round pick in the deal.

Although we didn't have a first pick in the draft until today, our scouting staff has been anticipating this scenario. We feel as if this move sets the Blackhawks up for future success by giving us additional flexibility and future talent. The trade gives the Blackhawks seven selections in the first three rounds of the draft and 10 overall.

It's an underwhelming return for the burgeoning superstar, whose exit signals a total rebuild is beginning in Chicago.

Asking for a Senators prospect was considered, but Davidson ultimately valued the 39th pick more. And most of the league is in a cap crunch.” The Senators’ ability to exclude all of their existing top prospectsfrom the trade was also surprising. DeBrincat is admittedly due a massive payday next summer, when his current contract (with a $6.4 million salary cap hit) expires, and the Senators haven’t talked with him yet about a possible extension. DeBrincat was coming off a fantastic 2021-22 season in which he tied a career high with 41 goals and arguably surpassed Patrick Kane as the team’s best player. The return for Dach was far more palatable, considering the former third overall pick’s difficulty finding his stride in the NHL over his first three seasons.

The Blackhawks have traded All-Star winger Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators, sources tell NBC Sports Chicago.

DeBrincat's name has been in the rumor mill for weeks now, and it seemed inevitable that the rebuilding Blackhawks were going to deal him before the 2022 NHL Draft because they didn't have a first-round selection. "Although we didn’t have a first pick in the draft until today, our scouting staff has been anticipating this scenario. We feel as if this move sets the Blackhawks up for future success by giving us additional flexibility and future talent.

The Chicago Blackhawks have traded star forward Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators for a package including the seventh and 39th overall picks in the.

DeBrincat has one year remaining on his current contract that carries a $6.4 million cap hit. But there have been some concerns raised in recent days about the package Chicago general manager Kyle Davidson would be able to get in return. If this feels light in return considering the star power of DeBrincat, it should. The Blackhawks desperately wanted to get back into the first round of this year’s draft and have done just that. Although we didn’t have a first pick in the draft until today, our scouting staff has been anticipating this scenario. We feel as if this move sets the Blackhawks up for future success by giving us additional flexibility and future talent.

Dach's move to Montreal could be a beneficial fresh start, but it's difficult to imagine DeBrincat thriving in Ottawa more than he did in Chicago.

“[Patrick] teaches you that work ethic you need to be the best,” DeBrincat said. “It’s a new adventure for me,” DeBrincat said. He called Montreal “a place I can flourish.” “The immediatereactionwas just shock,” he said. “I was ready to be in Chicago for a long time,” DeBrincat said Friday. “That was just the way I thought about it. I kind of stick to the same teams for the most part.”

MONTREAL — Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson declared a rebuild in March, but it really wasn't until Thursday that things got real after Alex DeBrincat was traded to ...

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Alex DeBrincat publishes a goodbye post to his Instagram thanking the Chicago Blackhawks.

"I am so grateful for the fans, teammates, and organization that made the city a home for the last 5 years. With that being said, I’m so excited to get to work in Ottawa in October. #GoSensGo" Now former Blackhawks winger Alex DeBrincat posted a goodbye post to his Instagram, thanking the Hawks for his five years in Chicago.

Perhaps a bit of hyperbole, but with any luck, 2022 first-round picks Kevin Korchinski, Frank Nazar and Sam Rinzel will all be in that future lineup.

“So there’s going to be tough days like this where you see familiar faces and faces that we in management and the fans know and love, but it’s necessary.” “We didn’t really push too hard because their second (rounder) was rather high,” he said. “There are some good players,” Doneghey said. “I did feel that this was his maximum value today,” he said. Ridly Greig is an outstanding third-line center.” “I didn’t feel the need to do it but when we got a top 10 pick on the table, I thought that was something that, if we could build a package around that, I thought it was really important to do. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews could be weighing whether they want to stick around for the tear-down. “It’s all about the process. “Going through a rebuild is not fun. ”You’re trying to put yourself in a position that when a player of Seth’s ability and caliber becomes available, that you’re in a position to, No. 1, have the assets that it would take, and No. 2, have the cap room to be able to do it,” Bowman said on draft night last year. In return, the Hawks netted Jones, the No. 32 pick in 2021 (Nolan Allan), the Nos. 7 (Korchinski) and 39 (Paul Ludwinski)picks this year and a 2024 third-rounder. It’s our job to make sure that the assets that we bring in make the decision the right one and make it justified.”